October 23, 2009
#653: So Bad It's Worse explain

Protip: Even at “Bad Movie Night,” avoid the Star Wars holiday special.
[A graph plots movie enjoyability against movie quality. It drops steadily through points marked “Good Movie” to “Okay Movie” to “Bad Movie,” rises up again for “So-Bad-It’s-Good (Plan 9, Rocky Horror, etc),” and then drops off the bottom of a graph with an arrow pointing to where “Star Wars Holiday Special” would be. There are three mini-panels below the graph, arranged from “Good” to “Bad” along the movie quality axis.]
[Three friends are on a couch, drinking and gesticulating enthusiastically.]
[The same three are sitting quietly, with a bottle on the floor.]
[The three are sitting around a table, drinking and looking miserable. One seems to be passed out on the table.]